Table 2. Medication errors monitoring indicators disaggregated by age and sex of the patients; values in parenthesis are percentages.
Indicators | Sex | Frequency (%) | Total, N (%) | |
<15 Years | ≥15 Years | |||
Number of patients' visit to the pharmacy for medication pick-up during the observation period. | Male | 5410 (4.9) | 31819 (28.9) | 37229 (33.8) |
Female | 5428 (4.9) | 67413 (61.2) | 72841 (66.2) | |
Total | 10838 (9.8) | 99232 (90.2) | 110070 (100.0) | |
Number of patients who visited the pharmacy for medication pick-up and were screened for medication error during the observation period* | Male | 5410 (4.9) | 31819 (28.9) | 37229 (33.8) |
Female | 5428 (4.9) | 67413 (61.2) | 72841 (66.2) | |
Total | 10838 (9.8) | 99232 (90.2) | 110070 (100.0) | |
Number of patients who were screened and documented to have medication error(s) during the observation period. | Male | 129 (3.5) | 1137 (30.6) | 1266 (34.1) |
Female | 117 (3.1) | 2332 (62.8) | 2449 (65.9) | |
Total | 246 (6.6) | 3469 (93.4) | 3715 (100.0) | |
Number of patients who were provided medication error(s) interventions during the observation period. | Male | 76 (2.1) | 1133 (31.8) | 1209 (33.9) |
Female | 77 (2.2) | 2278 (63.9) | 2355 (66.1) | |
Total | 153 (4.3) | 3411 (95.7) | 3564 (100.0) | |
Indicators | Sex | Percentage | Total (%) | |
<15 Years | ≥15 Years | |||
Percentage of patients who had medication error(s) and were provided interventions during the observation period. | Male | 58.9 | 99.6 | 95.5 |
Female | 65.8 | 97.7 | 96.2 | |
Total | 62.2 | 98.3 | 95.9 | |
Indicators | Sex | Incidence rate (per 100 person-years) | ||
<15 Years | ≥15 Years | Total | ||
Incidence rates of medication errors per 100 person-years disaggregated by age and sex. | Male | 28.6 | 42.9 | 40.8 |
Female | 25.9 | 41.5 | 40.3 | |
Total | 27.2 | 42.0 | 40.5 |
Some patients had repeated screening for medication error at every medication refill visits.